Question : Which city has been elevated to the final round among 50 champion cities in the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge, a worldwide innovation competition organised by the Bloomberg Philanthropies ?
a. Rourkela
b. Dibrugarh
c. Pudukkottai
d. Suryapet
Ans. a.
Related facts
- Rourkela has been elevated to the final round among 50 champion cities in the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge, a worldwide innovation competition organised by the Bloomberg Philanthropies.
- Rourkela found the place as one of the finalists in India apart from Pune in 5 Asia-Pacific countries for urban innovations.
- The Bloomberg Philanthropies named it among top 50 cities for supporting solar-powered cold storage plus women entrepreneurship to reduce food waste.
- Focus area
- This year’s programme focuses on identifying the unique innovations by residents of cities in response to global Covid-19 pandemic.
Criteria —
- The 50 cities from 29 countries were selected based on four criteria — vision, potential from impact, feasibility and transferability.
- The Mayors from 631 cities in 99 countries had submitted their most promising ideas for consideration and from those, a committee of global experts has selected the 50 most innovative urban solutions to emerge in the wake of Covid-19 to advance in the competition.
- These 50 finalists are icon in the face of the pandemic’s enormous challenges, these cities are rising to meet them with bold, innovative, and ambitious ideas.
By — Pankaj Pandey.